Ships Collides with Dock

Hi,

I wouldn't say that was a docking failure, it seems the ship got alongside.

It is more of a problem that the crane was in the wrong place and either didn't see the bow coming or wasn't manned and couldn't take evasive action by moving up or down the dock to get out of the way.

Hi,

In the first part of the video there appears to be a Tug on the Stbd side pushing so it isn't really the ship operators fault, there aren't many ships with the thruster power to overcome a tug.

???? The tug does what the pilot tells him to do. All the tug can see is the side of the ship. Unless the tug operator fell asleep or had a failure that left him pushing ahead when the order was "all stop" or astern, it's not his screw up.

Here's a view from a different angle and a bit of background information.

Hope this doesn't violate the linking terms ...

http://www.containershipping.com/freightpubs/cs/indexarticle.htm?artid=20017766336&src=ticker

LOL, lots of "cinga puta"s in that video.... That was a straight up pilot screw up, there was a light onshore wind, but nothing unusual. He sideswiped the other ship which brought his bow around, and from the looks of it he ordered the tug into full ahead to try to swing the stern away from the other ship without considering where the bow was going to go. There may have been prop walk issues in there as well. My Spanish is very weak, but it sounded like they may have had a green pilot onboard.

I would agree with K1W1 that it is not a docking failure as the ship did in fact dock (albeit badly) but I would disagree with it being the crane's fault. Isn't it the responsibility of the boat operator not to hit anything onshore? (Barring of course a bridge closing while your already underneath or the crane moving in while you are already commited.)

A collection of idiots..... that should have NEVER happened, understaffed, under skilled, poor communications and a green bridge crew.....All adds up to FAIL